Friday, January 23, 2015

Virginia Fights Federal Govt Kidnapping of U.S. Citizens

A bill introduced in the Virginia assembly would take the next step
in stopping illegal federal kidnapping under the 2012 National Defense
Authorization Act.

Virginia
stood alone and passed the first bill in the country addressing detention
provisions written into the NDAA in 2012. That law forbids state agencies, in some situations, from
cooperating with any federal attempts to exercise the indefinite detention
provisions written into sections 1021 and 1022 of the National Defense
Authorization Act.

HB2144, sponsored by Del. Benjamin L. Cline (R – House
District 24), takes things two steps beyond simply refusing to cooperate with
the federal agents in the event of indefinite detention in Virginia. This bill turns the tables and
systematically creates the type of leverage and attention D.C. would not want
public if it refuses to cooperate with the state of Virginia.

This legislation would require two things from the feds if it
detains a U.S. citizen in
the state of Virginia.